BS Summary: This article contains 18 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Optimism Bias, and Negativity Bias, with Ambiguity (Equivocation) as the most egregious example at 8.5% saturation with 63 hits. Analysis detected 580 faulty-reasoning hits from 742 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 27% and a BS Rank of 10% (19,715 of 21,886 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 90.10% of the article peer group.

Canada's Walsh, Michaud sit 2nd in pairs at Four Continents figure skating championships 
The United States took the lead in the pairs and ice dance on the first day of the Four Continents figure skating championships on Thursday, and Japan's Mai Mihara led the women's event. 
American figure skater Nathan Chen eyes elusive Olympic gold medal in Beijing 
Nathan Chen has accomplished just about everything that one can accomplish in the sport of figure skating. 
The only thing he's yet to accomplish? 
Winning Olympic gold. 
Olympic stock watch: Temperatures rise at figure skating nationals 
CBC Sports' daily newsletter breaks down whose fortunes are looking up and whose are down after the weekend's winter Olympic sports action. 
Canadian Olympic figure skating team unveiled for Beijing 2022 
Veteran pairs duo Vanessa James and Eric Radford were named to Canada's Olympic figure skating team for Beijing on Sunday, despite withdrawing from the Canadian championships a day earlier. 
Figure skating duo didn't make Olympic team, coach says they'll come back stronger 
Figure skating pair Evelyn Walsh and Trennt Michaud didn't qualify for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics next month, their coach has all the faith that the pair will come back even stronger. 
Canada, meet your Olympic figure skating team 
That Figure Skating Show goes through Canada's Olympic figure skating team and speculates medal chances in Beijing. 
Keegan Messing wins 1st national title, Roman Sadovsky takes silver 
That Figure Skating Show recaps the men's program at the 2022 Canadian National Championships in Ottawa and discusses who likely made the Olympic team. 
Canada's Keegan Messing, Madeline Schizas claim 1st national figure skating titles 
Keegan Messing won the men's title at the Canadian figure skating championships on Saturday, all but clinching his berth on the Olympic team for Beijing. 
Vanessa James, Eric Radford still eligible for Olympic team despite withdrawal at nationals 
Vanessa James and Eric Radford withdrew from the pairs competition at the Canadian figure skating championships before Saturday's free program in Ottawa. 
Kirsten Moore-Towers & Michael Marinaro lead after short to start their comeback 
That Figure Skating Show recaps the short program in the pairs event at Canadian Nationals, where the reigning champs are letting their presence be known. 
Canadian Olympic athletes on tenterhooks trying to avoid COVID ahead of Beijing 
Faster. 
Higher. 
Stronger. 
Together  and just don't test positive. 
That's the rallying cry for thousands of athletes as they prepare for the Olympics. 
Japan's Yuzuru Hanyu nearly becomes 1st skater to land quadruple axel 
Two-time Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu nearly became the first skater to land a quadruple axel while easily outpacing Shoma Uno and Yumi Kagayami to win the Japanese national championship on Sunday. 
Keegan Messing holds on for win at ISU Challenger Series event in Croatia 
A clean, fifth-place performance in Saturday's free skate was enough for Canada's Keegan Messing to hold off Russia's Andrei Mozalev for the win at figure skating's Golden Spin of Zagreb in Croatia. 
2-time Olympian Gabrielle Daleman wins women's event at Skate Canada Challenge 
Two-time Olympian Gabrielle Daleman was victorious in Sunday's free skate to win the women's event at the 2022 Skate Canada Challenge in Regina. 
Figure skating Grand Prix Final cancelled over travel rules 
The figure skating Grand Prix Final next week has been cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic for the second season in a row. 
The Dec. 9-12 event in Osaka, Japan, was the only global event matching the best skaters across all four disciplines before the Winter Olympics in Beijing in February. 
Russians take gold on home soil, Canadians make podium in ice dance 
That Figure Skating Show recaps the ice dance event at Rostelecom Cup that saw Canadians Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Nikolaj Sorensen take their second bronze this season. 
Montreal's Fournier Beaudry, Sorensen earn ice dance bronze for 4th medal in 4 events 
Montreal's Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Nikolaj Sorensen finished the Rostelecom Cup in bronze position Saturday for their fourth medal in as many figure skating competitions this season. 
Canadians in 3rd after men's singles, ice dance short at Rostelecom Cup 
Canada's Roman Sadovsky is in third place after the men's short program with 84.59 points, meanwhile Canadian ice dancing duo Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Nikolaj Soerensen. 
Battle of the Russian superstars at Rostelecom Cup 
That Figure Skating Show previews the final Grand Prix stop of the season. 
The Russian skaters are expected to dominate, but the biggest showdown is in the women's event. 
Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 0.4%CBC: 2.6%Confirmation Bias0.4%This article: 3.4%CBC: 0.7%Anchoring Bias3.4%This article: 4.9%CBC: 3.1%Availability Heuristic4.9%This article: 5.9%CBC: 1.1%Representativeness Heuristic5.9%This article: 4.2%CBC: 1.0%Hindsight Bias4.2%This article: 4.3%CBC: 1.4%Overconfidence Bias4.3%This article: 5.1%CBC: 4.2%Framing Effect5.1%This article: 0.0%CBC: 0.6%Loss Aversion0.0%This article: 0.0%CBC: 0.6%Status Quo Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%CBC: 0.2%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 6.1%CBC: 4.0%Optimism Bias6.1%This article: 0.0%CBC: 1.4%Pessimism Bias0.0%This article: 6.1%CBC: 5.7%Negativity Bias6.1%This article: 0.0%CBC: 1.2%Self-Serving Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%CBC: 0.9%Fundamental Attribution Error0.0%This article: 0.0%CBC: 0.2%Actor-Observer Bias0.0%This article: 2.2%CBC: 1.2%In-Group Bias2.2%This article: 0.0%CBC: 0.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias0.0%This article: 5.9%CBC: 3.6%Halo Effect5.9%This article: 0.0%CBC: 0.1%Horn Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%CBC: 0.0%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 3.1%CBC: 1.2%Recency Bias3.1%This article: 0.0%CBC: 0.4%Primacy Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%CBC: 0.0%Blind-Spot Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%CBC: 0.4%Ad Hominem0.0%This article: 0.0%CBC: 0.2%Straw Man0.0%This article: 0.0%CBC: 3.7%Appeal to Authority0.0%This article: 3.8%CBC: 1.3%False Dilemma3.8%This article: 0.0%CBC: 0.4%Slippery Slope0.0%This article: 0.0%CBC: 0.2%Circular Reasoning0.0%This article: 6.5%CBC: 4.8%Hasty Generalization6.5%This article: 0.0%CBC: 0.2%Red Herring0.0%This article: 0.0%CBC: 0.6%Bandwagon0.0%This article: 2.6%CBC: 4.2%Appeal to Emotion2.6%This article: 0.0%CBC: 0.6%Begging the Question0.0%This article: 0.0%CBC: 2.5%Post Hoc (False Cause)0.0%This article: 0.0%CBC: 0.0%Tu Quoque0.0%This article: 0.0%CBC: 0.3%Burden of Proof0.0%This article: 0.0%CBC: 0.3%Appeal to Nature0.0%This article: 3.5%CBC: 0.3%Composition/Division3.5%This article: 0.0%CBC: 3.3%Anecdotal0.0%This article: 0.0%CBC: 0.1%No True Scotsman0.0%This article: 8.5%CBC: 1.6%Ambiguity (Equivocation)8.5%This article: 0.0%CBC: 0.0%Gambler’s Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%CBC: 0.1%Middle Ground0.0%This article: 0.0%CBC: 0.1%Personal Incredulity0.0%This article: 0.0%CBC: 0.1%Special Pleading0.0%This article: 0.0%CBC: 0.1%Genetic Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%CBC: 1.1%Unattributed Quote0.0%This article: 0.0%CBC: 0.8%Quote-first Misdirection0.0%This article: 0.0%CBC: 4.8%Biased Writer Voice0.0%This article: 1.9%CBC: 2.4%Indoctrination1.9%This article: 0.0%CBC: 0.4%Politically Left Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%CBC: 0.1%Politically Right Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%CBC: 1.7%Attempt to Sell a Product or S…0.0%

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